Who is a Hudson River Potter?

Hudson River Potters is an organization encompassing more than 40 potters living and working in New York's Hudson Valley, including Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Dutchess counties.

Unified as a compass and diverse as its many points, the Hudson River Potters includes sculptors, whistle-makers, and production potters who make teapots and mugs, jugs and plates: coilbuilders, slabthrowers, wheelthrowers; potters who work with low-fire earthenware clay, with stoneware, and with porcelain, in styles that run the gamut from rough to smooth, from controlled to spontaneous, from plain to fancy. More an affinity group than an organization the Hudson River Potters provides its members with a yeasty atmosphere rich in shared techniques and creative energy.

Join our clay collective!

For 30 years, Hudson River Potters has been nurturing the creative talents of ceramic artists, whether sculptural or functional.We are an informal group, loosely structured. Membership is open to anyone who wants to join, with no jurying.

HRP has monthly meetings September through June. Meetings are held during the second week of each month and may alternate days on a monthly basis so as many members as possible can attend.

The Hudson River Potters is a group whose vitality is in its flexibility for grouping and regrouping: an organization whose programs grow out of the interests and immediate needs of its members. The real strength of the HRP is the tremendous sense of personal involvement of the members with groups, of individual development through associations.